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THOUSANDS o. MoEeTDLET CU2ioUs PGo-
PIE VIEW THE BODIES.

Tao Funerals to TAKE TACO Tc-Day--fci-
lowers Of the Executed I4an Propose a Zig
Demonstration Which The Authorities viii
Not Permit.
CHICAGO, NOV. 12.-T'hc doors OF
the undertaking establishment 70
which the bodies OF the dead Anar-
chistS were taken after the execution
yesterday were thrown open by
, o'clock This morning. and the crowd,
which had been waiting to review the
remains began to file in. Only the
bodies of Parsons and Fischer were
! left to crafty the morbid curiosity o.
! the crowd, the remains of Spies and
Engcl having already been renewed.
Occasionally one nf :lIc curious would
muttcr something as he gaZcd upon
| the upturned, distorted faces Of the
dead, but most Of the people passed on
silently after 4 single glance ut the
c0untenanceS of these much talked OF
men. At 9:3G o'clock the doors we"c
closed. At that time there WAS hig
; crowd outside. and it was estimated
that four or five thousand people had
viewed the remains. Half an hour
later the bodies were removed to the
residences of the dead Anarchists.
No excitement attended the transfer
of the remains.
At TO o'clork i casket containing
the body Of Fischer was taken out.
1t was to be taken to the home
of his wife. 1t was quickly lifted into
wagon and an oil cloth covering
spread over it. Then the undertaken
and his assistants mounted the box
and the wagon was driven
out Milwaukee avenue, followed by a
crowd of small boys, most Of the
grown people staying behind in hope
of getting glance ut Parsons. a De-
tail of police just going on duty came
along at the time and marched after
the wagon. This crealed some COM
motion along the avenue, but died ont
when the police turned off at Noble
street. The wagon, with its guard of
boys, moved on to the house of Mrs.
Fischer, just block east Of Milwau-
kee avenue. 1t is two story frame
structure and occupied dy several fam.
lilies. Mrs. Fischer's apar ments are
in the rear, on the ground floor, and
are entered through an arch under the
rear stairway leadidg from the 2d story.
This arch was draped in white and
black combined. Around the house
was great crowd of women and
children, evidently belonging in the
neighborhood. They were mOrbidly
curious rather than sympathetic, and
when the wagon drew up in front Of
the house they cranrd their necks to
see what they could.
Mrs. Fischer was at the house Of
one of her neighbors when the body
OF her husband arrived, but as so0u
aS it had heen carried into the house
and properly placed, she was escorted
into her desolate home by two female
friends. She was suffering greatly,
ana her actions were somewhat his
terical. She stopped occasionally.
threw her arms about one or the other
of her friends and wept bitterly. At
O'Clock i curious throng still hung
about the house.
The doors and windows Of Girls.
SuicS house, where the body of the
dead Anarchist lies, were barred, and
would not be opened for any one.
Long strips OF white and black crepe
swung from the door bell. 1T the top
Of thesymbols of mourning: was Il large
black rose, made also of crepe. and
from The middle Of the rose StreamerS
of red tlultered in the breeze. When
the dead body arrived the Residence
Of Augusl's brothers house had been
surrounded hy crowds of inIuis,ivc
spectators. This morning the assem-
hiage gradually increased in num-
brrs, all anxious to set Il look mt the
Eacc OF the famous Anarchists, hut
nobody was gratilich, repeated calls
ut the door failing to elicit any re-
Sponse.
THE FUNERAL TODAY
1t looks very much this morning a.
if the city authorities would refuse to
allow tile friends of the executed
Anarchists to carry out their pre-
gramlne respecting the funerals, wiii"h
are set for tomorrow. 1t has hecn
learned that Mayor Roche, Chief o.
Police Ebersold, Inspector BontieId
and Commissioner of Public Works
Swift have had a long conference
respecting what they would or would
not allow. The CHIEF and the Mayor
are both set against permitting crowds
to line the streets though which the
corlage proposes passing, and it may
be decided that the burial OF the "reds'
will have to be made separately.
An incident occurred this morning
which shows the temper of the law
abiding people of the city. Spies was
q member Of the Aurora Turnverein.
Some sociali>tic members of The
organization placed the American fla.
at half-mast on the Aurora Turn Halle.
1t had not been there long before The
owners of the building ordered the
flag taken down, and it was done.
1t is strongly limited that the authori-
ties of Waldhein Cemetery, the one in
which it is proposed to bury the "red'
and over their graves erect monu-
ment. were seriously considering
whether it was not their duty to refuse
a resting place for the Anarchists
remains within their enclosure. Al
leas; they wiIlnot allow Il monument.
Both owners of the Aurora Turn Halle
it may be Interesting to know, are
Germans. 1t is also learned that the
Turn Halls would most likely refuse
to allow the body of Spies to lie in
state in the Halle, as was proposed.